One Month Before Moving

Pick up a Change-of-Address Kit from the Post Office. Also notify the address change with:

Friends and family

Banks

Insurance companies

Credit card companies

Magazines and newspapers – cancel local newspaper delivery

Doctors, dentists and other providers – transfer drug prescriptions

Past employer – for W2 forms

Take a look around the house. Start to think about what you don’t want to take with you.

Use up perishable foods

Sell, donate or hold a garage sale for unwanted items

For full service moves:

Will the movers pack for you?

What items won’t they move?

Will you need boxes and packing tape?

Get appraisals of high-value items in case of future claims

Start packing boxes. Mark boxes clearly as to contents and room to be placed in. Be sure to tape your boxes from top and bottom. Mark “Open First” clearly on boxes containing important items to be unpacked first.

Dishes

Pots and pans

Alarm clock

Bedding

Special toys

Towels

Lightbulbs

Plates

Tools – hammer, pliers, wrench

Stop by and make arrangements for picking up your important records:

Birth

Doctor

Dentist

Legal

Optician, optometrist

School – make sure you get one with a raised seal

Veterinarian

Contact your child’s new school and notify them of your upcoming move to their area.

Contact the Chamber of Commerce in your new town. Request a relocation package.

If you have not received your security deposit, call your landlord to confirm your new address. Call the Internal Revenue Service to change your address. You can also visit the IRS online at www.irs.gov.